FinTech
UK fintech major Paymentology enters Middle East
UK based financial technology (Fintech) solutions provider, Paymentology, has entered the Middle East’s US$200 billion digital payments market by setting up its regional office in Dubai recently.
Salaryo raises $5.8 million in funding to support COVID effected SMEs
Salaryo, has raised a total of $5.8 million in funding from Dubai-based private equity fund KEN Investments, Variant Investments, Techstars Ventures and Michael Ullmann’s investment group, bringing it...
Mastercard and Microsoft support the fintech community
Mastercard and Microsoft collaborate to drive startup innovation and enable financial inclusion that will accelerate Mastercard Labs’ cloud native research and development activities, enabled by Azure...
Startupbootcamp establishes headquarters at DIFC
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has today announced that one of the world’s most active global industry-focused startup accelerators and investors, Startupbootcamp has established its regi...
Dubai-China signs an FinTech agreement
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has signed a MOU with Jiaozi Fintech Dreamworks, one of China’s first Fintech innovation and entrepreneurship platforms that will enable the DIFC to further...
Six fintech innovations to boost the financial health of poor
MetLife Foundation released a report, ‘The State of Financial Health Startups,’ conducted by Village Capital, identifies six innovations in the fintech space, that will improve the financi...
Dubai based startup, Ziina launches UAE’s first social P2P payments solution
UAE bank account holders can now use their smartphones to send and receive money as easily as sending a text message. Ziina, the UAE’s first licensed social peer-to-peer (P2P) payment application, is ...
Mastercard, Hub71 accelerate FinTech innovation in UAE
Payments technology leader, Mastercard has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hub71 – a tech ecosystem based in Abu Dhabi Global Market Square that incubates global fintech startups and l...
MENA’s FinTech market to touch USD 2.5 billion by 2022
The UAE is leading the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)’s fintech market reaching a record-high of USD 2.5 billion by 2022, industry experts announced today ahead of the Middle East Financial...